Newcastle's Distinguished Gentleman's Ride, 19th May 2024

Newcastle's Distinguished Gentleman's Ride has raised nearly $33,000 for awareness for prostate cancer research and men’s mental health.

Transcript

00:00 I'm Steve Meek, I'm one of the ride hosts for the Newcastle Distinguished Gentleman's

00:13 Ride.

00:14 This is ride number 13 I think off the top of my head.

00:19 12 years, so it's been a good ride, I'll count the first one.

00:23 This year we've done again very very well with the Newcastle Riding Group.

00:27 We've got 220 odd registered, we've cracked just over $330,000 on Thursday night, we'll

00:34 probably hopefully get to $35,000 or so before we finish with it.

00:40 Internationally, we hope to break $6 million US.

00:43 It's now in 800+ countries, over a thousand cities riding this date in whatever time zone

00:53 you're happy to be in.

00:56 The event raises money for men's health in general, but specifically Movember.

01:00 Funds are distributed through Movember, not just for prostate issues, which is obviously

01:09 a big issue for men.

01:11 I actually had a year of myself this year with some testing, fortunately, I think, whoever

01:17 it may be, passed negative two weeks ago, which was fantastic for me.

01:23 I just love the fact that the camaraderie and everybody joining in for a common cause

01:29 is fantastic, and just the variety of people as you can see from the different bikes, the

01:34 variety is amazing.

01:36 In general, it's doing something for the community in a fun way, it's all fun to do.

01:44 Lovely.

01:46 Thank you.

01:48 Bye.

01:50 Bye.

01:52 Bye.

01:53 (upbeat music)

01:56 (upbeat music)